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NEW VIRUS CASES REPORTED IN LYNN, LYNNFIELD, REVERE, SALEM, AND SAUGUS
BY GAYLA CAWLEY| March 23, 2021
Lynn, Lynnfield, Revere, Salem and Saugus reported new coronavirus cases on Tuesday.
In Lynn, 39 new cases were reported to bring the city’s caseload to 16,198. Of that total, 318 cases are active, 203 people have died, and 15,677 have recovered from the virus, according to city data.
Saugus has reported 53 new cases since last Friday to bring the town’s total numbers to 3,763 cases and 67 deaths, according to the town website.
In Salem, 12 new cases were reported to bring the city’s caseload to 4,272. Seventy-eight people have died, the city reported.
Lynnfield (1,104 cases, 29 deaths) reported five new cases, Revere (9,979 cases, 159 deaths) reported two new cases, Nahant (243 cases, eight deaths) reported no change in its statistics, and numbers were not updated in Marblehead, Peabody, or Swampscott.
Peabody had 6,526 cases and 305 deaths as of Monday, Marblehead had 1,213 cases and 31 deaths as of last Friday, and numbers have not been updated in Swampscott (994 cases, 19 deaths) since last Thursday.